Showing your appreciation makes them much more likely to stick up for you in the future. If these bills do get shot down, they'll inevitably return in a different form in the future.
I did the exact same. I wasn't aware before calling that my representative opposed both bills, but I made sure his staff knew I appreciated it when they told me.
Showing your appreciation makes them much more likely to stick up for you in the future. If these bills do get shot down, they'll inevitably return in a different form in the future.